ALBANY, Calif. - On paper, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer is holding all the aces for Friday's $75,000-added Forty-Niner Handicap, in which he will send out highweights Adreamisborn (119) and Yougottawanna (118).

A 5-year-old, Yougottawanna has been a star since his 2-year-old year, when he beat Officer in the Cal Cup Juvenile.

Adreamisborn, also 5, didn't win his maiden until this year, in his ninth career start, but he has since hit the board in seven of his eight starts, winning four, including the Grade 3 Longacres Mile on Aug. 22.

Ontrack and total handle on Hoosier Park's live racing product declined at this year's Thorough-bred meet, which ended Sunday.

Ontrack handle at the 59-day meet dipped 8 percent, with an average of $51,763 wagered this year. Sale of the track's simulcast signal and total average handle on the live product were both down 11 percent from last year's 70-day meet. Offtrack handle on the live races averaged $1,221,009 this year compared with $1,378,173 in 2003. The total average handle was $1,272,772 this year, down from $1,433,434.

MIAMI - D'Wildcat Speed celebrated Thanksgiving weekend last year by capping off a perfect season with a Group 1 victory at Puerto Rico's El Commandante racetrack. This Thanksgiving, D'Wildcat Speed will be looking to get her first victory since that race when she faces seven other fillies and mares in the $40,000 Pocahontas Stakes at Calder.

First post for the 11-race Thanksgiving Day card will be 11 a.m.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Greg De Gannes has never been a stranger to a good horse.

His exposure to the best of the breed began early as De Gannes grew up on Windfields Farm where his father, Rolph, was resident veterinarian for 17 years.

Then De Gannes himself became a doctor of veterinary medicine, graduating from the University of Guelph, and has been practicing that craft for 17 years. His clients often included visiting dignitaries of the equine sort, and he was in his glory when the Breeders' Cup was run here in 1996.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - The fifth race on Aqueduct's Wednesday card has been moved from the turf to the dirt. The distance of the race has been changed from 1 1/16 miles to one mile, not 1 1-8 miles as reported in Wednesday's print edition of the Form.

The fifth race is the second leg of the pick six which features a carryover of $131,338.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Will she or won't she? Azeri still had not been committed to the Falls City Handicap as of Monday, with trainer D. Wayne Lukas saying the decision would come when entries were taken Tuesday morning for the Grade 2 race, to be run Thursday.

Lukas said owner Michael Paulson would have the final say on whether Azeri would accept high weight of 126 pounds in the $300,000 Falls City, which ignites the meet-closing "Big Four" weekend at Churchill Downs.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Back in the summer, trainer Mike Mitchell promised his family that he'd take them on a vacation and leave the horses behind.

"They must have said 'No horses' 20 times," said Mitchell, who is based in California.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - For the second straight Wednesday, a two-day pick six carryover starts the racing week at Aqueduct. Last week, the pool surpassed $600,000 and there were four winning tickets sold, each worth $99,695.

There is a $131,338 carryover entering Wednesday's card. Wet conditions are likely. Below are some thoughts on each of the six races.

Fourth: has done his best running at Aqueduct.

Fifth: This starter allowance will be moved to the dirt and run at 1 mile. White Buck, Lord Langfuhr, and possibly Mutamayyaz are the ones to use.

Doug Peterson, who trained Seattle Slew during his 4-year-old season in 1978 and more recently operated a public stable in Southern California, was found dead in his hotel room on Sunday evening, according to a spokesman in the Los Angeles coroner's office. Peterson was 53.

An investigation into the cause of death is under way, according to the coroner's office. Peterson had lived at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, near Hollywood Park, in recent years.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Last weekend, trainer Patrick Biancone said he wanted an easier spot than Sunday's $500,000 Hollywood Derby for Salford City's American debut.

He did not have to wait long for that request to be fulfilled.

Wednesday, starts in a $42,000 optional claimer at 1 1/4 miles on turf, the same distance as the Hollywood Derby.

The race almost did not fill. In order to fill the race, the racing department expanded the conditions on Sunday morning and made the race an optional claimer. Two more entrants were added to the field.